Railway-rail-brace spike.



F. B. JONAH.

RAILWAY RAIL BEAU}? SPIKE.

APPLIUATION FILED MAR.27,1911.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

FEED ATE FRANK EVERETT JONAH, OF MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- FIFTI'IS TO FRANK ARTHUR MCCULLY, OF MONCTON, CANADA.

RAILWAY-RAIL-BRAC E SPIKE.

To all whom it may concern:

e itknown that I, FRANK Evmurrr .losan, a subject of the King of (treat Britain, and resident of Mont-ton, in the county of Westmoreland, in the Province oil New Brunswick, in the Dominion of (Janada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ltailway ltail Brat-e Spikes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a lull, clear, and exact description of the same.

The invention relates to improvements in railway rail brace spikes, as described in the inesent speeitieation and illustrated in the :u-companying drawings that t'orm part of the same.

The object ot the invention is to provide a spike which will not weaken the tie; which is strong and durable: which will prevent spreading of the rails; and which will be more sol'dty forced into position by the passage ot trains thereon.

A further object is to provide a spike and brace which may be easily withdrawn and which will interloek-with the underside of the head of a rail.

hly invention consists of the construction, combination and arrangement ol parts, as herein illustrated, described and claimed.

in the accompanying drawings, torming part ot' this application, l have illustrated a form ot embodiment ol' lny invention, in which drawings similar re terenee characters designate corresponding parts, and in whiehz--- Figure l is a perspective of a section of rail and tie. showing the application ot the invention; Fig. .2 is a plan view of the spike without the brace; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the spike with the brace attached.

ltet'crring to the drawing, 1. designates a tie and 2 the rail ol' common constrlu-tion.

The main spike "I' my invention has one leg 3, a head t, and a web 5 connecting the low I) with a secom. leg (1, 1n allnementwith all leg 3. The leg which is nearer the rail 2 is longer than the leg (3, so that the spike may be started in the tie properly. lhe object of having he legs in alinement is two-fold; to prevent the tie from being Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 27, 1911. Serial No. 617,158.

Patented Au 22, 1911.

weakened against side stresses and to brace one leg behind the other so that a maximum ot strength is produced along a single line at a right angle to the rail. The web 5 is provided with an inverted V-shaped recess,

in its underside, to permit the insertion of a withdrawing instrument, so that the spike may be easily pulled. Extending upward from and at an angle to the head t and web 5 is a brace llange t-t, which is provided with a recess 9, to engage over the edge of the underside ot the head of the rail 2.

In operation, a wheel passing over the rail above the end of the tlange serves to l'oree the spike t'arther into the tie, and in case ot a broken tlange or derailment the wheel riding over the llange only more securely [ixes the spike, so that the rail cannot spread.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. railway rail spike having its holding pins in l'ork term and its brace extending t'rom the upper end of the inner prong amt the crotch bet-ween the prongs 'aised above the shoulder adjacent thereto and l'orming a pryhole for an extracting tool.

2. l\ railway spike in double prong fork lorm. the outer of said prongs being shorter than the inner prong and the crotch therebetween being-termed in inverted V-shape tor the insertion ot' an extracting tool, said inner prong at the upper end having the tlange gripping brace extending therefrom.

it. A railway spike of double prong fork t'orm having the main inner prong longer than the outer prong and a chairportion extending upwardly from the inner prong, said chair portion having a flange gripping shoulder at its lower end and a rail head notch at its upper end and said forked portion having an inverted V-shaped crotch between the prongs adapted to form a pry hole for the insertion of an extracting tool.

Signed at the city of Moneton, Province of New Brunswick, this sixth day of March A. D. 1911.

Witnesses:

hinvnit A. MoCoLnY, M. J. Ilnnnnion, I Auous'ra A. Wmcox. 

